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Edmond de Goncourt Quotes

The reason for the sadness of this modern age and the men who live in it is that it looks for the truth in everything and finds it.

Edmond de Goncourt

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: writer
Nationality: french
Birth: May 26, 1822 - July 16, 1896

Topics

Live Age Truth Sad Men Sadness

This idea of selfishness as a virtue, as opposed to generosity: That, to me, is unnatural.

Generosity Me Selfishness Virtue

I'm pretty skeptical about Hollywood and its fascination with the sequel and the franchise.

Hollywood Pretty Skeptical Franchise

Criticism is fine and conversation is fine, but the person who's criticizing should know what they're saying and whom they're criticizing.

Saying Criticism Conversation Person

I hate being wrong, and I hate when people give up.

Hate People Wrong Up Being Give

I do get bottled up in interviews. You're thinking about what you're saying, and suddenly you get all tangled. So people think I'm sullen, or that I don't have much to say. But my friends will tell you: a lot of times I talk too much.

People Saying Think Thinking Friends

Life delivered me a catastrophe, but I found a richness of soul.

Life Soul Me Found Catastrophe

No one in my family had ever even gone to college.

Family College Gone Even Ever Had

It's not easy, but I'm really enjoying what I am doing. One day I am in Chennai, the other in Mumbai, then in Coimbatore. But I love my job, and I am really passionate about my work.

Work Love Day Job I Am Doing

My parents were sixty years married.

Parents Years Sixty Married Were

I'm not fond of kicking a man when he's down.

Man Down He Kicking Fond

I was a huge Muppet fan growing up. I want to bring it back to the early '80s Muppet movies, when the scripts could have been performed by humans.

Growing Up Back Early Growing Movies

Files on iTunes - and thus iPods - are incompatible with everything else. Applications on iPhones may only be sold and uploaded through the iPhone store - giving Apple control over everything people put on to the devices they thought they owned.

Douglas Rushkoff

People Control Thought Giving Apple

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